Ties between India and the US have rapidly expanded with New Delhi buying weapons worth $15 billion
With the US president embroiled in domestic political battles, Mattis calls the shots in defence
High-speed Avenger can perform wide-area surveillance, time-sensitive strike missions over land and sea
Strong push for sale of Sea Guardian drones, F-16 and F/A-18 fighters
Open to having international partners for constructive investments to stabilise Afghanistan
Indicates that the defence and counter-terrorism are likely to be key areas of co-operation
'At least 2,000 jobs directly related to the sale will be created or saved in the US'
This follows after production cuts by OPEC drove up prices of Middle East heavy-sour crude
Modi thanked Trump for his strong leadership uniting the world against the North Korean menace
Admiral Harris said he is happy with the level of defence cooperation between India and US
Obama played a key in strengthening US-India ties during his tenure: US Ambassador
In June, when Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, visited the US to meet President Donald Trump, both sides pledged their commitment to the US-India strategic partnership, with Trump underlining that the relationship between the two countries had never been stronger. To understand this relationship, Ishan Bakshi speaks to John Chamber, executive chairman CISCO and Chairman of newly launched US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). Edited excerpts:Q. Much has been written about the special US-India relationship. But in purely economic terms, it hasn't really lived up to expectations. What are your views. A. A strategic partnership between the US and India has potential. It is just like the potential 'digitization' had eight years ago. But it was only in the last three years ago that it really took off. I've always felt, not just in the last three months like my peers, but years ago, that the most important strategic relationship for the US should be India. And I felt that for ..
The new body would focus not only on trade but also promote business startups, innovation, education
The highest quarterly amount so far has been recorded in Q4 of 2009 when BGR was paid $200,000
The powerful committee also expressed its concern over the alleged unfair treatment of US exports
The House of Representatives passed a defence budget of $621.5 billion for FY18
Arun K Singh, however, stressed that despite the changes, US still remains a dominant power
No objection to normal bilateral relationship and cooperation among relevant countries: China
India comes after only four other countries - China, Pakistan, Mexico and Iran
The deal is estimated to be worth $2-3 billion